Re: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] New cross-platform database client

[Michael <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

> http://www.macuser.co.uk/reviews/reviews_story.php?id=45436
> 
> I don't know if this is good or bad. Some parts sound like MS Access with Javascript in place of VB, others sound like an interface for people who don't care about the database behind it, or what damage they may do to it.

I dunno. I find apps like this to be somewhat dubious. I've never had 
good results with any tool for developing or working with databases. 
First off you get people with no idea what they are doing creating 
really horrible databases and thinking they are well designed because 
the software prompted them to make it that way. Then you get crazy 
queries that don't really work right. Then you run into the normal GUI 
problem.. they make doing the easy easier (sometimes) while making the 
difficult harder or impossible.

If it worked well it might be useful. It'd be nice to have a tool that'd 
look at queries I was designing and would popup warnings and such if I 
had made a mistake. Something that would suggest ways to optimize a db 
and/or query would be especially appreciated. I've yet to see a product 
that did that very well though.. not to the level that say some C tools 
can give warnings and suggestions during development. Complex joins 
would be nice to have a tool help ya mentally straighten them out.. but 
then usually if they are that complex it's because you've done something 
wrong. ;)


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Michael <EMAIL:PROTECTED>
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